Austria-Hungary, Austria-Hungary
1. Andrija Maurović (1901)
Croatian Comic Artist
Cartoonist and illustrator who became known as the father of Croatian and Yugoslav comics.
2. Károly Sterk (1881)
Hungarian Chess Player
Károly Sterk was a Hungarian chess master. He tied for 2nd-4th at Budapest 1909 played at Vienna 1909/10 tied for 3rd-5th at Budapest 1911 tied for 9-11th at Bad Pistyan...
3. Jan Schulz (1899)
Czech Chess Player
Jan Schulz was a Czech chess master. He took 2nd behind Karel Opočenský at Belun 1916; won at Prague 1920 tied for 6-8th at Prague 1921 tied for 5-7th at...
4. Paul Groesse (1906)
Art Director
Paul Groesse was a Hungarian-born American art director. He won three Academy Awards and was nominated for another eight in the category Best Art Direction.
5. Aleksandar Ehrmann (1879)
Businessperson
Aleksandar Ehrmann was known Croatian industrialist philanthropist and diplomat.
6. Shlomo-Ya'akov Gross (1908)
Israeli Politician
Shlomo-Ya'akov Gross was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Agudat Yisrael and the Religious Torah Front in several spells between 1959 and 1981.
7. Anthony A. Fleger (1900)
American Politician
Anthony Alfred Fleger was a U. S. Representative from Ohio.
8. Franz Xaver Kappus (1883)
German Journalist And Poet
z Xaver Kappus was an Austrian military officer journalist editor and writer who wrote poetry short-stories novels and screenplays. Kappus is known chiefly as the military academy cadet who wrote...
9. Avraham Deutsch (1889)
Israeli Politician
Avraham Deutsch was an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Agudat Yisrael between 1951 and 1953.
10. Joe Koukalik (1880)
American Baseball Player
Joseph Koukalik was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched eight innings in one baseball game for the Brooklyn Superbas on September 1 1904.
11. Joe Hovlik (1884)
American Baseball Player
Joseph Hovlik was a Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from 1909 to 1911. He would play for the Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators.
